ARPA-H Events
Through presentations, workshops, and other opportunities to connect, ARPA-H looks forward to connecting with everyone who has a stake in our health – from patients, researchers, and nonprofits, to technologists, investors, and entrepreneurs. Achieving the kind of transformative innovation the agency seeks requires a broad, collaborative network from coast to coast and around the globe. Working together with this diverse stakeholder community, ARPA-H aims to create and deliver health innovations, shaping viable solutions that improve the lives of everyone.
GovCIO Media & Research Women Tech Leaders’ Summit
Washington, D.C.
April 13, 2023 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
On April 13, Dr. Wegrzyn spoke on a panel to over 150 attendees about strategies for widely sharing the unique missions of the government, opportunities for integrating technology into an agency's mission, and the importance of encouraging the recruitment of women in tech. Dr. Wegrzyn was joined by Devon Beard, Director of People Operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs; Margie Graves, Senior Fellow at IBM Center for the Business of Government; and Melissa Vice, Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program within the Department of Defense.
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Open Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Virtual Proposers’ Day
Washington, D.C.
April 04, 2023 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
On April 4, ARPA-H held a Virtual Proposers’ Day to outline the agency’s vision and to provide detailed information about the application process for its Open Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), calling for proposals related to breakthrough research and technological advancements. Participants were invited to learn more about the ARPA-H funding model and to ask questions of senior leadership about the awards process.
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Draft Request for Consortium Agreement (RCA) and Site Selection Virtual Proposers’ Day
Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2023 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
On March 24, ARPA-H hosted a Virtual Proposers’ Day to brief its draft Request for Consortium Agreement (RCA) and to provide information about the site selection process for potential hub and spoke locations around the country. This event was designed to help foster a collaborative relationship with partners and to solicit feedback about ARPA-H's wider approach to the RCA.
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Year One of ARPA-H, with Sec. Becerra & ARPA-H's Dr. Wegrzyn
Washington, D.C.
March 15, 2023 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Join HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, for a lively discussion on the first anniversary of ARPA-H, including new agency announcements and year-one accomplishments, their vision for the organization and its potential to transform health for everyone, and how ARPA-H’s mission complements a spectrum of HHS efforts.
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Stanford School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
January 26, 2023 9:00 AM - 1:45 PM PST
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn visited Stanford's campus for a fireside chat with Stanford University School of Medicine Dean Dr. Lloyd Minor on January 26, 2023.
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Precision Medicine World Conference
San Francisco, CA
January 25, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM PST
On January 25, 2023, Dr. Renee Wegryzn spoke at the Precision World Medicine Conference session, “How public-private collaboratives can catalyze transformative health breakthroughs" to discuss challenges that impede industry-driven innovations from creating applications of scientific discoveries. Wegrzyn spoke alongside Dr. Keith Yamamoto, vice chancellor for science policy and strategy at the University of California, San Francisco; Doug Friedman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BioMADE; and Jay Keasling, Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, and CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute.
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18th Non-Dilutive Funding Summit
San Francisco, CA
January 11, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn provided a keynote address on January 11, 2023, to over 1,000 executive-level managers from life science companies about the mission of ARPA-H at the Non-Dilutive Funding Summit in San Francisco.
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JP Morgan Healthcare Conference
San Francisco, CA
January 10, 2023 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM PST
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn spoke alongside Dr. Robert Califf, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, where they discussed life sciences, biopharma, and MedTech priorities for 2023. The two highlighted the importance of ARPA-H and FDA collaboration, noting that the agencies will work together from the beginning to expedite review of future ARPA-H products.
NIH Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH
Bethesda, MD
December 08, 2022 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM EST
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn spoke to the members of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH about ARPA-H's formation, priorities, and process in Bethesda, Maryland, on December 8, 2022.
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Milken Institute Future of Health Summit
Washington, D.C.
December 06, 2022 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST
Dr. Renee Wegrzyn spoke alongside National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli about the future of biomedical innovation on December 6, 2022, at the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit in Washington, D.C.
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DARPA Forward
Atlanta, GA
October 26, 2022 9:05 AM - 9:35 AM EDT
In a discussion at DARPA Forward in Atlanta on October 26, 2022, Dr. Renee Wegrzyn spoke with Tabatha Thompson, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chief of communciations, about goals and priorities for ARPA-H and how Wegrzyn's past experience -- including as a DARPA Program Manager -- prepared her for the inaugural ARPA-H director role.
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Howard University
Blackburn University Center, Howard University
October 25, 2022 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ARPA-H hosted event on October 25, 2022. During this event, invited participants heard HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra share his thoughts on the new agency, along with a discussion between ARPA-H Inaugural Director Dr. Renee Wegrzyn and Howard University’s Senior Vice President of Health Affairs, Dr. Hugh Mighty, on ARPA-H and its process and priorities.
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